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895228

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the statement by UNRWA on 26 April, what action they will take to protect and provide for Palestinian refugees in the Palestine refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus and surrounding areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Yarmouk camp has been besieged for several years. Humanitarian access remains restricted due to ongoing military activity and the presence of Daesh. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), supported by DFID, has had no direct access to the camp since April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to call on all parties to protect civilians, and to allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access to provide aid to those most in need, including at the UN Security Council and the International Syria Support Group. The Secretary of State for International Development and Minister of State for the Middle East focused on these messages at the ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region’ Conference in Brussels on 24 and 25 April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/05/2018 14:27:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

890747

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Antibiotics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the reported shortage of antibiotics in Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is deeply concerned by the reported shortage of antibiotics in Gaza. According to the World Health Organisation, in February 2018 42% of the 516 essential drugs were completely depleted. This includes drugs used in emergency departments and critical units. The healthcare system in Gaza has been further strained by the recent casualties suffered during protests in Gaza, as well as the shortage of electricity and fuel, which could be life-threatening for some patients. As a result of this, the lack of antibiotics and constraints in accessing medical care outside of Gaza, patients face delays in accessing treatment, higher risks of infection and death, and the closures of key services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/05/2018 16:12:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

889864

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Medical Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the lack of medical and surgical equipment in Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>According to the World Health Organisation, in February 2018 a total of 42% of the 516 essential drugs were completely depleted. This includes drugs used in emergency departments and other critical units. Out of the 853 essential disposables, which include surgical equipment, 23% were completely depleted. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs the health sector is being further strained by the recent deaths and injuries suffered during protests in Gaza.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/05/2018 15:27:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

856357

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the findings by an Israeli economist, Shir Hever, that as much as 78 per cent of the humanitarian aid intended for Palestinians is diverted to Israelis.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>UK officials have seen the report, which claims that 78% of international development aid money for the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) is used to import goods from Israel. We cannot confirm the validity of this claim, but we note that the report does not claim that international development aid is not reaching the intended Palestinian beneficiaries for humanitarian purposes<strong>.</strong> DFID implements a robust monitoring and evaluation system to ensure that UK aid reaches the intended beneficiaries and achieves the best development outcomes, with a strong focus on ensuring value for money for the UK taxpayer. As the report notes, the Palestinian economy is highly reliant on Israel for trade, particularly for the imports of goods and services. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, trade with Israel accounted for around half of Palestinian trade in 2016. The UK consistently calls on the Israeli Government to ease movement and access restrictions in the OPTs to help unlock trade opportunities with other countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/03/2018 15:52:06 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

855466

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitary Products
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support any activities that keep girls and young women at school during their periods in developing countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ensuring another generation of girls do not miss out on education. In our 2018 Education Policy we shone a spotlight on supporting the hardest to reach girls to achieve 12 years of quality education and learning. This includes recognising the importance of providing menstrual hygiene facilities in schools and tackling discriminatory gender norms (including taboos around menstruation) to support girls to stay in education during their periods.</p><p> </p><p>We support a range of interventions to support this ambition. The majority of our country-level school and community-level water and sanitation programmes include a strong focus on menstrual hygiene management. More specifically: we support the provision of menstrual hygiene facilities in 5000 schools across 10 countries; in Zimbabwe, our Secondary Education Programme is supporting over 24,000 vulnerable girls to stay in school during their periods by providing them with regular supplies of sanitary pads; and through the Girls’ Education Challenge Fund we support a range of school-based menstrual hygiene projects in 12 countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/03/2018 12:19:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

855467

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitary Products
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support any innovative projects relating to sanitary products in developing countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Access to affordable sanitary products is a key barrier to women’s full participation in society. The UK is supporting a number of innovative projects to enhance sanitary product access and choice, including a technology transfer initiative with the Indian company Aakar (<a href="https://www.aakarinnovations.com/" target="_blank">https://www.aakarinnovations.com/</a>) to enable them to take their women’s enterprise and simple technology model for the local production of quality, low-cost, environmentally-friendly sanitary pads to Kenya and Tanzania. Through funding from the Girls Education Challenge fund, World Vision have been training women’s groups in Zimbabwe to make reusable sanitary pads as part of a wider programme to support 95,000 vulnerable girls to stay in school.</p><p> </p><p>We also support menstrual hygiene management more broadly through health, girls’ education and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to enabling all girls and women to manage menstruation safely, hygienically and with dignity, allowing them to stay in school and participate in society during their period. This includes ensuring that schools, workplaces and public places cater for the needs of menstruating women, that they are free from stigma and discrimination and have access to low-cost appropriate sanitary products.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6074 HL6075 question first answered 13/03/2018 12:35:47 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

855468

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitary Products
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support the provision of hand-operated machines that make sanitary pads across (1) India, (2) Nepal, (3) Bangladesh, (4) Afghanistan, (5) South Africa, and (6) Zimbabwe.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Access to affordable sanitary products is a key barrier to women’s full participation in society. The UK is supporting a number of innovative projects to enhance sanitary product access and choice, including a technology transfer initiative with the Indian company Aakar (<a href="https://www.aakarinnovations.com/" target="_blank">https://www.aakarinnovations.com/</a>) to enable them to take their women’s enterprise and simple technology model for the local production of quality, low-cost, environmentally-friendly sanitary pads to Kenya and Tanzania. Through funding from the Girls Education Challenge fund, World Vision have been training women’s groups in Zimbabwe to make reusable sanitary pads as part of a wider programme to support 95,000 vulnerable girls to stay in school.</p><p> </p><p>We also support menstrual hygiene management more broadly through health, girls’ education and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to enabling all girls and women to manage menstruation safely, hygienically and with dignity, allowing them to stay in school and participate in society during their period. This includes ensuring that schools, workplaces and public places cater for the needs of menstruating women, that they are free from stigma and discrimination and have access to low-cost appropriate sanitary products.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6073 HL6075 question first answered 13/03/2018 12:35:47 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

855469

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitary Products
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider supporting the provision of machines that are hand operated and make low cost sanitary pads to keep girls and young women at school during their periods in developing countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Access to affordable sanitary products is a key barrier to women’s full participation in society. The UK is supporting a number of innovative projects to enhance sanitary product access and choice, including a technology transfer initiative with the Indian company Aakar (<a href="https://www.aakarinnovations.com/" target="_blank">https://www.aakarinnovations.com/</a>) to enable them to take their women’s enterprise and simple technology model for the local production of quality, low-cost, environmentally-friendly sanitary pads to Kenya and Tanzania. Through funding from the Girls Education Challenge fund, World Vision have been training women’s groups in Zimbabwe to make reusable sanitary pads as part of a wider programme to support 95,000 vulnerable girls to stay in school.</p><p> </p><p>We also support menstrual hygiene management more broadly through health, girls’ education and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to enabling all girls and women to manage menstruation safely, hygienically and with dignity, allowing them to stay in school and participate in society during their period. This includes ensuring that schools, workplaces and public places cater for the needs of menstruating women, that they are free from stigma and discrimination and have access to low-cost appropriate sanitary products.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6073 HL6074 question first answered 13/03/2018 12:35:47 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

846708

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Lebanon
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency funding cuts on Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) provides essential services to over 5 million registered Palestinian refugees across the region. According to UNRWA, there are approximately 460,000 registered in Lebanon. Many displaced Palestinians from Syria living in Lebanon depend heavily on UNRWA assistance. We are keeping in close contact with regional representatives to understand risks to UNRWA’s sustainability and continue to work closely with UNRWA, the United States, and other European Union partners on how to maintain continuity of key services such as education and health for Palestinian refugees across the region, including in Lebanon. UNRWA has publically stated their determination to continue services in all their fields of operations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2018 12:51:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

838125

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take, if any, in response to reports that Beit Hanoun Hospital has closed due to severe shortages of fuel for hospital generators.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is concerned about reports that Beit Hanoun Hospital has been partially closed in order to rationalise fuel. The UK continues to monitor the humanitarian situation in Gaza closely. The UK is supporting approximately 1 million Gazans by addressing critical water, sanitation and hygiene needs through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and is a long-term supporter of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), which provides basic services to 1.3 million people in Gaza, including basic health care. The UK will continue to urge all the parties to prioritise progress towards reaching a durable solution for Gaza and to take the necessary practical steps to improve conditions, including restoring the availability of electricity as a matter of urgency.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/02/2018 12:00:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge